Problems with zabbix_sender

[jsomoza]

Hi all.

Testing zabbix_sender, i've tried to send "something" to zabbix to prove zabbix_sender is working. However, I got the line:

sent: 0; failed: 1; total: 1

when i typed the line:

/opt/sbin/zabbix_sender "zabbix server IP" "zabbix port" "host name configured in snmptrap.sh":"item name configured in snmptrap.sh" "value"

Could anyone tell me which could be the cause of the failure??

Thanks beforehand.

[cstackpole]

I don't know if this is the failure point but I always explicitly give all of the flags. Using your statement as a basis point, I would use this one instead:
/opt/sbin/zabbix_sender -z zabbix_server_IP -p zabbix_port -s host_name_configured_in_snmptrap.sh -k item_name_configured_in_snmptrap.sh -o "value"

Note: I only put quotes around the message -o "". I don't know if you put quotes around all of them for readability or if you do it always, but I have never used them.

Hope this helps!

[jsomoza]

Ok. I put what you said and the message is:

zabbix_sender [24885]: DEBUG: Send to: 'monitor:10052' As: 'trapshost' Key: 'trapsitem' Value: '25'
zabbix_sender [24885]: DEBUG: Send data: '<req><host>dHJhcHNob3N0</host><key>dHJhcHNpdGVt</key><data>MjU=</data></req>'
sent: 1; failed: 0; total: 1

It seems as if it has been sent to zabbix, but when i get there, there's nothing there. The last value column is empty.
Do you have any idea for it?

Thanks.

[Niels]

Is this on a distributed setup?
Can you see the value if you look in the database?

[jsomoza]

Where should the value be stored if sent??

Thanks.